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5. Corallodendron triphyllum 

 Americanum non Jpinofum, foliis acu- 

 iioribusyflore pallido rubente. Three - 

 leav'd American Coral-tree without 

 Spines, having pointed Leaves, and 

 pale-red Flowers. 



6. Corallodendron triphyllum 

 Americanum, caudiceltf nereis folio- 

 rum fpinofis armatis. Three-leav'd 

 American Coral- tree,whofe Stalk and 

 the Nerves of the Leaves are armed 

 with Spines. 



The firft and fecond Species grow 

 with us to eight or ten Feet high, 

 with thong woody Stems, and pro- 

 duce very beautiful fcarlet Flowers ; 

 but never produce any Seeds in the 

 European Gardens, as I can hear of. 

 They may be rais'd by fowing their 

 Seeds, which are frequently brought 

 from America in an Hot-bed, in the 

 Spring of the Year, which will very 

 eafily come up. The young Plants 

 fhould, when they are five or fix 

 Inches high, be carefully tranfplant- 

 ed into Pots of frefh light Earth, 

 and plunged into an Hot-bed, ob- 

 ferving to made them from the Heat 

 of the Sun, until they have taken 

 frefli Root ; after which they fliould 

 have Air given them, by raifing up 

 the Glafles in the Day-time, when 

 the Weather is warm ; and in July 

 and Auguft they mould have a greater 

 Share of Air, in order to harden 

 them before Winter ; and in Septem- 

 ber they fhould be removed into the 

 Stove, and, during the Winter-fea- 

 fon, fhould have but little Water 

 given them ; for they commonly caft 

 their Leaves inWinter.and pufh them 

 out frefh the fucceeding Spring. 



Thefe Plants may alio be propa- 

 gated by planting Cuttings in any of 

 the Summer-months, which mould 

 be put into Pots filled with frefh light 

 Earth, and plunged into a moderate 

 Hot-bed of Tanners Bark, obferv- 

 ing to made the Glafies in the Heat 



of the Day, and to give them gen- 

 tle Refreshings with Water, as the 

 Earth in the Pots is found to dry. In 

 three Months time thefe Cuttings 

 will have fufficient Roots to tranf- 

 plant ; at which time they muft be 

 put each into a Jingle Pot, and 

 plunged again into the Hot-bed, and 

 manag'd as was directed for the Seed- 

 ling-plants. 



In four or five Years time thefe 

 Plants will produce Flowers, if they 

 are preferved in a moderate Warmth 

 all the Winter ; for if they are kept 

 too warm, they are fubjecl to grow 

 all the Winter, and the Shoots will 

 be thereby drawn too weak to pro- 

 duce Flowers ; and if they are kept 

 too cold, they frequently lofe their 

 tender Buds, which fhould produce 

 the Flowers : therefore if they are 

 kept up to the temperate Point 

 mark'd on the Botanic Thermome- 

 ter during the Winter-feafon, they 

 will fucceed very well : thefe Sorts 

 always produce their Flowers before 

 the Leaves appear. 



The third Sort was rais'd from 

 Seeds, which were fent from Caro- 

 lina by Mr. Catejby, Anno 1724. 

 This Plant leldom rifes above three 

 Feet high with us, and hath large 

 knobbed Roots ; the Flowers are pro- 

 duced in Spikes upon the Branches, 

 in the Summer - leafon, when the 

 Plant is ahnoft deltitute of Leaves ; 

 but it never produces ripe Seeds with 

 us. 



This Plant is fomewhat hardier 

 than the other two Species, and may 

 be kept in a leffer Degree of Heat 

 in Winter, and be expofed to the 

 open Air during the Months of June, 

 July, and Auguft. I have not been 

 able yet to propagate this Plant by 

 Cuttings. 



Of thisUhere are two Varieties, 

 one with a deep-fcarlet, and tne other 

 a pale-red Flower : neither of thefe 



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